Diplo, Switch Do Dancehall With M.I.A., Santogold

Superstar Philly DJ Diplo has been throwing Jamaican dancehall records down in white-hipster dance clubs since the current idea of white-hipster dance clubs first became a thing, and he even managed to score a guest spot from reggae superstar VybzKartel on his otherwise downbeat Florida LP. Still, reggae's always been just one of the weapons in Diplo's DJ crate. But that could be about to change.

If Major Lazer, Diplo'sdancehall project with fellow M.I.A./Santogold producer Switch, actually gets around to releasing an album, it could be the biggest white-hipster/reggae crossover since Chris Blackwell hired Sly & Robbie as the Compass Point Studio house rhythm section. (Let's all just pretend Matisyahu never existed.)

At any given moment, Diplo's juggling about a bazillion different projects, and he tends to update his MySpace blog in a way that makes a 15-year-old with a Blackberry look like Bob Woodward. (Seriously: "YOYOYOYOYOMYSPACE . ITS OUT OF CONTROL OVER HERE. I TOT 12 SONGS MAN I HAD TO FREAKIN GIVE TOM ONE OF MY LIVERS FOR IT BUT ITS WORTH CHECK OUT ALL MY NU CRAZY SONGZ..") But if Diplo'slatest blog post is to be believed, this Major Lazer album is going to be nuts.